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Emery made 45 saves and blanked all three Calgary players in the shootout to lift the Blackhawks 3-2 over the Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday.

Scoreless after two periods, the two clubs exchanged goals before Jay Bouwmeester made it 2-1 with 34.2 seconds remaining. That lead was short lived after Marian Hossa – with his sixth of the season – tied the game with just 3.1 seconds left and forced overtime.

Patrick Kane, who had a goal and an assist in regulation, also nabbed the shootout winner.

Despite the setback, Flames coach Bob Hartley knows his team is on the right track.

“If we play every game like we played tonight, we’re going to turn our season around, that’s for sure,” Hartley said.

“[Our players] had their heads down, but I told them that this is the kind of hockey that we want to play and the hockey gods might take a turn for us.”

SAVE OF THE GAME

After keeping the play onside at the blueline, Patrick Kane fed Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews at the side of the net. Toews one-timed the pass but Miikka Kiprusoff, in full splits, sprawled to blocker the puck away on Chicago’s first shot of the game 5:27 in.

Kiprusoff was equally impressive 47 seconds into the second period, stopping Marian Hossa’s slapshot from the hashmarks on a clear-cut breakaway to keep the game scoreless.

HIT OF THE GAME

After sending the puck into Chicago’s zone, bruiser Tim Jackman slams Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson into the boards to the delight of the 19,289 in attendance at Scotiabank Saddledome.

GOAL OF THE GAME

Tied 1-1 in the final minute of action, defenseman Jay Bouwmeester jumped into the play and took a pass from Jiri Hudler, burying the opportunity and giving Calgary a late 2-1 lead in the third period.

“I would have loved to get our players and fans the win, but that was the only thing that was missing from tonight’s game.”

-Flames coach Bob Hartley

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Calgary fired 47 shots at Emery, including 24 in the third period alone.

COMING UP

The Flames hit the skies on their first road trip of the season when they tackle the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday (5:30 p.m. MT, SNET-W). Calgary follows up that game with a date in Columbus to take on the Blue Jackets on Thursday (5 p.m. MT, SNET-W) before squaring off against the Vancouver Canucks Saturday (8 p.m. MT, CBC).

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